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- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 10 minutes ago*At 84, Gabe Pressman reports on Roosevelt Island* (June 20, 2008). *In tonight's installment of "Bob and Ray Tonight," reporter "Gabe Preston" makes one last effort to get his breaking news story on the ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 10 minutes ago[image: People walk across a dried riverbed in France. The spring of 2011 was France's driest in decades and hottest in a century, drying up reservoirs and killing crops. FRANK PERRY / AFP / Getty Images...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 11 minutes agoPresident Barack Obama has made a televised address announcing plans to pull out 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year, followed by 23,000 in 2012. In a speech outlining a shift in US po...
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- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 11 minutes agoThe head of PIMCO, the world's biggest bond fund, predicted that Greece and other European economies would default on their debts to resolve their problems as the euro area deals with its debt crisis. Gr...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 11 minutes agoPolice in Northern Ireland fear violence on the streets could escalate after blaming both Republican and Loyalist groups of leading the trouble. Dissident republicans are suspected by police of firing live...
- posted by null at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 hour agoA magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit the region most affected by the March 11 magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami.
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 hour agoThe *Globe and Mail*, emphasis mine: Standing Alone, Canada blocks push to label asbestos a hazardous chemical Canada has single-handedly blocked listing chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous chemical, the ...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 2 hours ago"Yes, I can confirm they intervened in the chemicals contact group meeting this afternoon and opposed listing,'' Michael Stanley-Jones of the UN Environment Program said. Vietnam, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzs...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoReader contributed.
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoThe rest of the world needs to sit up and take notice of what is going on in Greece right now. This is what can happen when you allow government debt to spiral out of control. Once it becomes clear that yo...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoEditor's Note: The following is a transcript of a Q&A with Fareed Zakaria. Amar C. Bakshi: What lessons do you draw from Greece's economic crisis? The situation in Greece highlights for me how different ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoMatt Taibbi, contributing editor at Rolling Stone, is known in the United States for his coverage of the financial crisis — he once memorably described Goldman Sachs as "a great vampire squid wrapped aroun...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoThe Greek financial crisis has been the most important economic story of the year—but what it actually means can be lost in breathless talk of defaults and loan tranches. Luckily for those of us who aren...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoPresident Barack Obama has signed executive orders that lay out how far military commanders around the globe can go in using cyberattacks and other computer-based operations against enemies and as part o...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoWhen fire ripped through the mountain pasture in southern Arizona, old roping horse Charlie panicked and charged straight into a sheet of flame. "When fear takes over, sometimes they react. His reaction w...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoWomen who get silicone breast implants are likely to need additional surgery within eight to 10 years to address complications such as rupture of the device, U.S. health regulators said on Wednesday. Th...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoPresident Barack Obama has signed executive orders that lay out how far military commanders around the globe can go in using cyberattacks and other computer-based operations against enemies and as part o...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoWhen fire ripped through the mountain pasture in southern Arizona, old roping horse Charlie panicked and charged straight into a sheet of flame. "When fear takes over, sometimes they react. His reaction w...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoWomen who get silicone breast implants are likely to need additional surgery within eight to 10 years to address complications such as rupture of the device, U.S. health regulators said on Wednesday. Th...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoMagnitude*6.7* Date-Time - *Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 21:50:48 UTC* - Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 06:50:48 AM at epicenter - Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location39.980°N, 142.247...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*"The Koch brothers' job is to do everything they can to dismember government in general, and if you could destroy Social Security, you have gone a long way forward in that effort."* *"What the Koch broth...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 5 hours ago"We don't know when this madness will end but I do know that God is speaking. I have to believe that in my heart, and I have to know that God will use even this tragedy, to shake up the world." - Unknown...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoChina urged the United States on Wednesday to restrain other countries from provoking Beijing in disputes over contested territories in the South China Sea, warning that Washington risks becoming embroiled...
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 5 hours agoThe adage "Eat less, exercise more" generally works, but new research suggests that half the fight to stay slim lies in long-term lifestyle changes and eating the right foods.
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe Great Recession has now earned the dubious right of being compared to the Great Depression. In the face of the most stimulative fiscal and monetary policies in our history, we have experienced the loss...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoReader contributed.
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is warning that a full-scale restructuring of Greek debt would have "completely uncontrollable"consequences on the financial markets. Merkel said Wednesday that imposing a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoIsraeli leaders holed up in a new underground nuclear bunker on Wednesday as part of annual maneuvers to prepare for a possible missile war with Iran, Syria and their Lebanese and Palestinian guerrilla all...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoIt’s way too hot to handle, but scientists in Maryland are unlocking secrets of the planet Mercury. *Alex DeMetrick* reports one of those secrets might just turn out to be very cool. It took years for t...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe U.S. Postal Service, facing insolvency without approval to delay a $5.5 billion payment for worker health benefits, will suspend contributions to an employee retirement account to save $800 million thi...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoIncreasing federal debt will be a growing burden on government action, crowding out lawmakers’ ability to adopt tax and spending priorities in good times and reducing flexibility during recessions, all whi...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThousands of people are without power in Cranberry Township due to a copper wire theft. According to First Energy, someone broke into a substation on Route 19 between Cranberry and Zelienople and stole a...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 6 hours agoI won't say I feel bad for Pauline Marois - seeing the PQ implode a few weeks after the BQ was all but obliterated is Must See TV. But when looking at the problems besieging her, it's important to remember...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 6 hours ago[image: Obama] President Obama will face a stiff supporting challenge Wednesday in presenting his plan for a gradual end to the U.S. military contribution in Afghanistan. His prime-time address must re...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 6 hours ago*A documentary that proves, as always, that poets make the best revolutionaries* By Brenda Norrell. Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ The documentary*, Eyes Wide Open -- A Journey Through ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 6 hours ago[image: Obama] President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class public get nearly free assurance meant for the poor, a twist government amount crunchers say they discover...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 6 hours ago[image: Afghan refugee girls run at a refugee camp on World Refugee Day in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, June 20, 2011. More than 4.6 million Afghan refugees returned home since 2002 with assistance from th...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoReader contributed.
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 7 hours agoWatch this video that shows several stages of XTO/XOM operations. This is your future, Dallas.
- posted by Rob Pegoraro at Discovery News - Top Stories - 7 hours agoLocation-based services offer many perks without sacrificing privacy.
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoIn some ways India and its neighborhood is about as different from the U.S. as you can possibly be. I've been writing about that since I first went there in 1969. But viewed from Kathmandu, Nepal-- where ...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 7 hours ago
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 7 hours agoThe shambles hosted by Nicky Campbell that calls itself ‘The Big Questions’ plumbs new depths each time it graces the airwaves. Particularly when the subject is Israel/Palestine. How can people be so opini...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago*John McCain's wildfire accusations * *The Arizona senator accuses Mexican immigrants of starting wildfires, but he is fanning the flames himself – of prejudice* By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez John Mc...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 8 hours agoJeff EpsteinJeffrey M. Epstein (commonly known as Jeff) was a principal in the 527 political action committee (PAC) Vietnam Vets for the Truth and is now President of an organization called America's Truth F...
- posted by derekshowerman atContaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 8 hours agoBy Duane Craig Grand Island Nebraska well contamination.The Environmental Protection Agency is asking Grand Island, Nebraska, to prohibit new private water wells from North Road to the Hagge Subdivision t...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoNASA's Cassini spacecraft has already confirmed the Saturn moon contains a liquid water sub-surface ocean, but it has also found evidence that the ocean might be pretty salty.
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoSure, the FDA's new cigarette warning labels are shocking, but can they help people quit?
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 8 hours ago*Check out the Peoples Movements Assembly's Southwest Organizing Tour, including videos from Havasupai, video interviews with Navajo activists in Flagstaff, a report on ethnic cleansing in Tucson and visi...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 8 hours agoPlease sign a petition opposing the Harper Government's back-to-work legistlation. Minister Lisa Raitt, I am urging your Government not to introduce or support back-to-work legislation aimed at ending Ca...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago*Is it time for Greece to drop out of the euro?* Greece is running out of options. Unless it can make good on massive debts it will default, with heavy consequences not only for the 17 eurozone countries...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoResidents in Minot, North Dakota, have until Wednesday evening to leave their homes after authorities ordered the evacuation of some 12,000 people from the area because of expected record flooding. Mino...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoGreece is set to press ahead with new taxes, public-sector job cuts and the sale of everything from airports to gaming licenses after Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou narrowly survived a confidence...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA gorilla named Zola at the Calgary Zoo might not be king of the jungle, but he's internet royalty — after a video of his breakdancing moves went viral on YouTube. Zola, an eight-year-old Western lowlan...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA health food store in eastern P.E.I. is looking for a way around health regulations after provincial officials told them to stop selling eggs they buy from local farmers. The eggs haven't been inspected...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoReader contributed.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoReader contributed.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours agoRenegade Walkers for Diabetes, with 250 miles to go to DC! Carl, Manny, Lisa, T-Hawk and Paul! Censored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
- posted by Lorene (just Lu) at Housewife Eclectic - 9 hours agoWhether you know it or not, if you blog, you probably have a handful of readers who read your blog on a mobile device: phone (Blackberry, Android, iPhone), iPod, iPad, iWhatever. You can "see" those reader...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago*Cobell Settlement: A knife in our backs * *By Ben Carnes* http://eaglemanz.blogspot.com/2011/06/cobell-settlement-knife-in-our-backs.html “Real justice for these Indians may still lie in the distant futur...
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoViewers get an up-close look at a successful whale rescue.
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoTwo brain structures -- the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex -- are smaller in individuals with criminal tendencies, research shows.
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoEven if you live in the country now, studies show the impact of coming from a city persists in the brain.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoIt could take days to restore power to more than 267,000 Commonwealth Edison customers who remain without electricity Wednesday morning after a severe thunderstorm downed power lines and trees throughout t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA large number of carp have died at Kent Lake in Kensington Metropark. Kensington is part of the Huron-Clinton Metropark system and park patrons and local listeners have reported seeing large numbers of de...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago* Turkish forces in NATO.* It is time to boycott Turkey. Turkey appears to be part of the USA's New World Order. *Turkey seems to be supporting the CIA's wrecking of Arab countries such as Syria and L...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA U.S. nuclear submarine came within feet of running aground as it left Plymouth naval base, a report has found. The drama unfolded as the USS Minneapolis-St Paul entered rough seas and tried to take evas...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours agoThe wealthiest nations are poised to condemn the peoples of the rest of the world to a "Century of Hunger" unless they agree to new rules governing food supply. That warning was delivered by French agric...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago*"People who run government should, at some level, want to govern. They should want to use the power of a democratic channel to solve the nation's problems. In the past 10 years, seeking to govern boldly ...
- posted by David Preiser (USA) at Biased BBC - 11 hours agoI am disgusted by the way the BBC is hyping Michelle Obama's supposed "message" that one can achieve great things if one is "ambitious and works hard". Huw Edwards is holding a love-fest over her visit to ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThree months have passed since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant spun out of control and began spewing radiation into the air and sea. Things have settled down a bit since the first jittery days, w...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoU.S. President Barack Obama is expected to call Wednesday for a major withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, with roughly 10,000 coming home to the U.S. in less than a year. The phased drawdown ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoCalifornians are fed up with legislators missing the annual budget deadline Elected representatives in California have been told their wages and expenses have been stopped and they will not be paid until ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoItalian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has called for a suspension of hostilities in Libya to allow humanitarian aid to be brought to the war-torn country. Mr Frattini also said Nato must provide data ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoChina has been accused of trying to cover up the extent of lead poisoning among children, and of blocking effective testing and treatment. A report by Human Rights Watch says local authorities in heavily-...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Cliché, sure, but it's also more true than at any time since the Gilded Age. The poor are getting poorer, wages are falling behind inflation, a...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoAs the U.S. economy collapses, the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted is going to begin to disappear. In fact, there are already an increasing number of signs that the collapse of soc...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*THE human species may have passed its physical peak. * Scientists have found that modern-day people are about 10 per cent smaller and shorter than their hunter-gatherer forebears. Most of the decline ha...
- posted by Emad Hanna at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoSpecial materials that convert differences in heat into power produce electricity from an open fire.
- posted by Tracy Staedter at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoDining facilities and a convenience store gives this high-speed train a stand-out design.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoDetained Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has been freed, state media report. He was released on bail after pleading guilty to charges of tax evasion, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. His fam...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago[image: Rising seas lap at the house featured in the film, 'Nights in Rodanthe', filmed during the field work. Andrew Kemp, Yale University] ScienceDaily (June 21, 2011) — The rate of sea level rise alon...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago[image: Evacuees, who fled from the vicinity of Fukushima nuclear power plant, rest at evacuation center in Kawamata, March 2011. Reuters] June 22 (Asahi Shimbun) – All residents forced to evacuate or re...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 14 hours agoMy friend (and wmtc reader/commenter) David Heap was on CBC Ontario Morning radio yesterday, speaking from his hotel room in Athens, Greece, about why he'll be on the Canadian Boat to Gaza, as part of Free...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis - 14 hours agoWhat is the best way for a ruling minority to ensure victory over the peoples of the world? The best way must surely be to pit them against one another and to make them hate that wherein lies their greates...
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 14 hours agoA driver with reduced mobility is able steer, accelerate, change gears and brake with one hand.
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 14 hours ago"Sewer" meat is not only plausible, it's been taste-tested. Yum.
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 14 hours agoAircraft designers are finding the beauty of a crest is matched with aerodynamic ability.
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 14 hours agoThis morning in Toronto, locked-out postal workers and their supporters will rally at the legal offices of Canada Post, to protest the collusion of Canada Post and the Conservative Government to strip work...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoMost Americans had never heard of a slick Wisconsin congressman, Paul Ryan, when suddenly the corporate-owned media started using the words "serious" and "courageous" in front of his name. Corporate media...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 15 hours agoThe hairs act like tubes on aircraft wings to help the bats gauge speed and control flight.
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 15 hours agoOf the $83-million Border Infrastructure Fund for "investments in infrastructure to reduce border congestion" approved by parliament in 2009 for the G8 summit, $50-million of it was somehow diverted into S...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 16 hours agoHere's a video by CNN from their report: Here's another interview with Dr. Alex Rogers, Scientific Director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and professor at the Department of Zoolog...
- *Using a digital photocamera* is but half the fun nowadays. From a technical point of view that is. A plain digital camera picture needs computer-assisted mark-up, like cropping, cleaning and enhancements,...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 17 hours agoThe first known art object from America is a 13,000-year-old carving of a mammoth on mammoth bone.
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 18 hours agoGlobalist puppets and their army of dupes. by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand June 22, 2011 - Surely a movement run by a man working with foreign interests against his own nation would be considered sed...
- Nasa observatory confirms theory that black holes were common in the early universe - 20th June 2011posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoMassive black holes were common in the early universe, researchers from Nasa's Chandra X Ray observatory have discovered. The discovery adds weight to predictions that the early universe was peppered with...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoServing the International Space Station is a valuable job but it is about to come to a spectacular - albeit deliberate - end for one unfortunate spacecraft. The European Space Agency’s second Automated Tr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoCHEONGJU, South Korea -- Officials say two airmen were killed when their small military aircraft crashed in central South Korea during a training mission. The air force says the plane crashed Tuesday whil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoHurricane Beatriz hit holiday resorts on Mexico's Pacific coast today with heavy rainfall and 90mph winds forcing tourists to take shelter in their hotels. Beatriz had been expected to move out to sea, bu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA series of incredible videos has revealed the moment violent tornadoes tore through the Midwest. The footage, recorded by storm-chasers, shows towering funnel clouds sweeping across Nebraska and Kansas. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThis incredible image captures a thunderstorm as it passed in front of last week's lunar eclipse. The scientific phenomenon, which took place on June 15 and saw the moon turn blood-red, has produced sever...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoPresident Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoCasey Anthony may have made up her defence that her daughter drowned after overhearing a fellow inmate discussing her own child's tragic death, a court heard today. An investigation was launched by author...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThe American people have sided with President Barack Obama over his vow to bring American troops home from Afghanistan. The President is set for a clash with the top U.S. and Nato commander in Afghanista...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA two-year-old girl was found dead in a daycare center van after staff left her inside for two hours in the sweltering afternoon sun. Jasmine Green is thought to have fallen asleep between the seats on the...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 19 hours agoESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Johannes Kepler was destroyed during reentry after a successful resupply mission to the space station.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoForeign criminals hiding behind the Human Rights Act get better protection than Britons facing extradition, MPs and peers warn today. They say British citizens such as Asperger's sufferer Gary McKinnon can...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoFour inmates – including one jailed for his part in a killing and another who committed robbery with a chainsaw – have gone on the run from one of Britain's least secure prisons. The men absconded from th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA mother is suspected of burning alive her severely disabled two month old daughter. Suceli Ardon is alleged to have put her baby in a rubbish bag and doused it with petrol before setting it on fire. The...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoMore shots were fired last night as trouble ignited in Northern Ireland again. Bricks and bottles were thrown between nationalists and unionists in east Belfast as a heavy security presence tried to quell...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoHong Kong authorities said they are investigating the death of a 5-year-old boy who is suspected of being the second person to succumb in the city from a mutated form of scarlet fever. Medical authoritie...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours ago"Just a day after admitting killing 9 civilians in an airstrike, NATO has been accused by the Libyan authorities of causing at least another 15 deaths. "NATO confirmed they had carried out another bom...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe Ministry of Health has declared a yellow alert for 60 days for the health centers in the departments of Loreto, Madre de Dios, San MartÃn and Amazonas, due to the persistence and extent of dengue fever...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoHackers Snitch on Teen, Now Wanted by FBI Courtesy Lulzsec. *O*n Tuesday, a person allegedly associated with the notorious hacker group, LulzSec was arrested in the UK for supposedly hacking into SOCA. The...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 20 hours agoPhoto courtesy: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission via TreeHugger This is happening in Florida, and involves flying sturgeon, not Asian carp. As highlighted by the trustworthy news source f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA British teenager is suspected of masterminding computer hacking attacks on the CIA, the U.S. Senate and Sony from his bedroom. Ryan Cleary, 19, was arrested at his family’s home in Essex in a dramatic s...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 20 hours agoPhoto courtesy: FUNAI via TreeHugger In the dense rainforest of the western Amazon, researchers from Brazil's Indian protection agency have identified a new tribe of uncontacted indigenous people. Autho...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoYesterday afternoon, Jack Straw became the first senior Labour politician to declare that Greece would leave the euro. Even BBC correspondents, who often content themselves with parroting European Commis...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours agoJill Singer of the Australian "mainstream" Herald Sun newspapers has proposed a final solution to the problem of the climate skeptics: Carbon tax sideshow must stop She writes: I'm prepared to keep an ...
- posted by Papani at DeadBanksterSociety - 21 hours ago
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 22 hours ago*Website for this image** * *Reportedly 'a prostitution racket' was used by a foreign intelligence service to control certain top people in Turkey. * On 21 June 2011, at *Today's Zaman*, we learn that a cou...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 22 hours ago*THE CALENDER:* *WELCOME TO SUMMER:* Today is the summer solstice, the beginning of summer. Here's an article that tells what it all about. ******************** *Summer solstice* From Wikipedia, the ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago"Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did." - Sophie Scholl When you hear the word "Nazi" don't...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoUS politicians are risking a downgrade to America's credit rating unless they reach an agreement to raise the country's legal borrowing limit, two of the world's biggest rating agencies have warned. The o...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBritain's economic recovery remains fragile and more quantitative easing could yet be needed if deflation becomes a risk, BoE policymaker Paul Fisher said on Tuesday. Speaking a day ahead of the release o...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Chet Huntley's farewell to The Huntley-Brinkley Report (Oct. 29, 1956-July 31, 1970), and David Brinkley's farewell to Chet* My goodness, it's more than 40 years now since Chet Huntley made this famous ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoI have never been more desperate to explain and more hopeful for your understanding of any single fact than this: The protests in Greece concern all of you directly. What is going on in Athens at the mome...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoEuropean leaders have been urged to scrap plans for a second Greek bail-out – as the Athens government wins a critical vote of confidence in parliament. Leading London-based think tank Open Europe has clai...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA germ that causes centuries-old scarlet fever has mutated into a new strain more infectious and toxic for young children. So far one girl has died - the first in 10 years - and two boys have suffered com...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAmr Moussa, who is a leading candidate to be Egypt's next president, broke with the international consensus that Col Gaddafi must step down unconditionally and said there should be a ceasefire and peace ...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoFrom ... guess which piece of birdshit-catcher. The usual "police morale is low" bullshit. A sample: The situation has worsened with each new allegation of police brutality and little has been done to res...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 1 day agoLast night I woke from a dream about fishing...and I knew immediately why. I had seen a brief, grainy, black-and-white flashback in "The Corporation" (58 minutes in, if you want to watch) from some unspecif...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWhen did the IMF learn about the economy? That's what people around the world should be asking as the IMF presents its latest assessment of the fiscal and economic prospects for nations around the world l...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOn June 3rd, 2009 German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, while addressing a crowd in Berlin, rebuked the European Central bank and counterparts in Britain for having gone too far in fighting the financial crisi...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWhen towering financial institutions fail, an economy that can fall back on fish, energy, clean water and the human need for wild places will survive. That’s what Iceland learned in the wake of its dramati...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoIn radio astronomy, the bigger the telescope, the better. And the next big Chinese telescope is expected to blow the competition out of the water.
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoAnd just imagine, this was before the news of Jon Huntsman's entry into the fray! (Jon Huntsman? Do any U.S. voters outside Utah even recognize the name?) *Jon Huntsman to seek Republican nomination for ...
- posted by Geezer Power at Home Nature Report - 1 day agoClick pic to enlarge A coleague just resently recieved this in the mail from the future CEO of this company. We're excited about moving forward on this and anticipate putting food on the table on a ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou's government has survived a confidence vote in Parliament - gaining more than 151 votes. Papandreou called the vote to stop an internal party revolt and help him pas...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas atWallpapers para pc, laptop y netbook - 1 day ago[image: Paisajes de nuestro planeta (7 fotografÃas)][image: Paisajes de nuestro planeta (7 fotografÃas)] [image: Paisajes de nuestro planeta (7 fotografÃas)] [image: Paisajes de nuestro planeta (7 fotograf...
- posted by *C* at The Web (Untangled) - 1 day agoMonday 20 June 2011 by: Henry A. Giroux, Truthout | News Analysis *The inability to identify with others was unquestionably the most important psychological condition for the fact that something like Au...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOn Sunday, CNN reported on a huge Marine war exercise dubbed Exercise Mailed Fist. “The exercise is designed to test the capability of every type of Marine Corps aircraft, including MV-22 Ospreys and F/A...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDisastrous. Unstoppable. Historic. Unprecedented. All words used to describe what city, county and state officials warn is an imminent assault on all residents of the Souris River Valley. The highest flow...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoGov. Rick Perry announced he had added legislation that would make it illegal for TSA agents to engage in “intrusive touching” at airports security checkpoints without probable cause to the list of items f...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRadioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows. The number and seve...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIf you “park and ride” along SEPTA Regional Rail lines, it could be a much more expensive trip than you expected. An exclusive CBS 3 I-Team investigation reveals that since March 12th, riders have had ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoArizona Sheriff Paul Babeu said the Obama administration’s decision to extend the deployment of 1,200 U.S. National Guard troops along the U.S. border with Mexico until Sept. 30 is “pandering” and that tho...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFor more than two years, we have witnessed the economic demise of several European countries. This soon led to the financial community systematically assessing the health of several peripheral southern Eur...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*European stocks rose* early Tuesday and the euro stabilized versus the Swiss franc on hopes that euro zone officials will find a way to prevent a Greek default. Pressures to avoid bankruptcy intensified ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJames Richard Verone of North Carolina spent his whole life playing by the rules and staying out of trouble. Having worked as a delivery man for Coca Cola for 17 years, Verone was known as a hard worker an...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*LGBT folk and people of a liberal persuasion are discovering that support for modest LGBT legislative progress is the cheapest bone right-of-center Dems can throw us while pursuing their "centrist" agenda...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago** *Who gains from the Arab Spring? * The Arab Spring has weakened and divided Tunisia, Egypt and a number of other Moslem countries. *Israel gains. * The Arab Spring has increased debt in the Arab w...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoNeed a nap? Find a hammock. Research shows you'll fall asleep faster.
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- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOfficials are warning of an outbreak of scarlet fever among children in Hong Kong. There have been more than 400 cases of the disease this year, including the death of a six-year-old last month. Initial...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA young emperor penguin, normally found in the Antarctic, has turned up on a New Zealand beach. It is a rare event, the first confirmed sighting of an Emperor penguin in New Zealand in 44 years. "I saw ...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoYou just lived through a beautifully subtle celestial event: the moment of summer solstice.
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe discoveries on Luzon Island increase the number of native mammals known from that island from 42 to 49.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoFifty-six percent of dishwashers tested positive for potentially harmful fungi.
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoAn Open Letter To Councillor Josh Matlow « All Fired Up In The Big Smoke There's nothing that says "balance" is sacrosanct. When one side of an argument is based on facts, reflection and careful considerat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Papua, Indonesia at a depth of 51.9 km (32.3 miles), the quake hit at 16:45:07 UTC Tuesday 21st June 2011. The epicenter was 137 km (85 miles) SSW of Jayapura, Papua, I...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day agoLONDON, UK, June 21, 2011 (ENS) - The oceans are at high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human history, a panel of international marine experts warns in a repor...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day agoWe have all seen some amazing cake pops and for the longest time I thought they were way beyond my skill level, until I decided to make these. These aren't supposed to be perfect, and so they were a great...
- Don't Worry Be Happy - Smiling Dog Captured in Photograph with a wacky cartoon Grin - 21st June 2011posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWhen the person taking this picture said, 'Smile for the camera,' they probably were only expecting to see one set of gnashers. But thanks to his unexpected human-like expression of happiness, this glee...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoThe US Air Force, air demonstration team, The Thunderbirds, is going green, sort of. Last month the squadron introduced biofuel in the form of a 50-50 blend of conventional jet fuel and the rest a fue...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*by Noah* When last we left Newtie, he appeared to be looking at Michele “I’m bad. I’m Certified & Palin Says I’m Qualified” Bachmann in a Weineristic kinda way. To be more specific, we asked our readers...
- posted by Emad Hanna at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoAfter breaking the world record for the smallest stop-motion animation, Nokia attempts to set the opposite record.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoTwo police officers had to be air-lifted to safety after a rescue brought them dangerously close to the edge of the falls.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Southern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 21 km (13 miles), the quake hit at 16:25:07 UTC Tuesday 21st June 2011. The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) South of Padang, Su...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSpecial Note: We apologize for the confusion regarding this post; what we were meaning to get across was that this erroneous mainstream media article was attempting to blame Lulzsec for the hacking, but Lu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a six-year-old boy was knocked down and killed. The man, from Huddersfield, is to be questioned by police over O...
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- posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 1 day ago*Summer rain* *Pours down like a waterfall* *Seeping into eager cracks* *Quenching the eternal thirst* In the Northern Hemisphere, today is the Summer Solstice. I woke up early this morning to salute the ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA woman was seriously hurt Monday after being attacked by an aggressive deer in her own yard in southeast B.C., police say. The woman was taking her dogs out when a deer came onto her property and stompe...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChina began diversifying away from the US dollar in earnest in the first four months of this year, most likely by buying far more European government debt than US dollar assets, according to estimates from...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Government's sentencing changes have sparked controversy, but prison reform plans are about more than just numbers. Kenneth Clarke wants to fix a system that fails on rehabilitation – partly because ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore than half a million more middle-aged people will develop hay fever over the next decade, as a surge in late-onset allergies baffles scientists. Experts say more and more adults are suddenly finding t...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoJust two simple questions this morning. 1. Which continent is not essential for feeding mankind? 2. Which continent is still not beset by the impacts of cyclical floods and droughts? Bonus Question ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Fitch credit ratings agency has said that if commercial lenders roll over their loans to Greece, it will deem the country to be in "default". As Greece awaits further bail-out money from the EU and In...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMarine life is under severe threat from global warming, pollution and habitat loss, with a high risk of "major extinctions" according to a panel of experts. These are the conclusions of a distinguished g...
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- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBritish-based researchers claim they may be just a decade away from perfecting a way to persuade the heart to rejuvenate – a process thought to be impossible just five years ago. That means that when a ...
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoABout 40 photos are enough to create an interactive, 3-D image.
- posted by Saladin at A Voice In The Wilderness - 1 day ago*Health Freedom Alliance* 41Share Is the world’s e.coli scare the Osama Bin Laden of food? Europe’s e.coli outbreak was traced to multiple produce, then organic bean sprouts, then not, then settled adama...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoAround the midnight, the Greek Parliament will vote on confidence in Papandreou's new socialist government: it contains a new finance minister, a guy who almost managed to bring Greece into bankruptcy just...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoAll-electric vehicles have been ruled too slow, but the Pope's gas-guzzling Mercedes is on its way out.
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoAn epitaph on the tombstone of an ancient gladiator may be the oldest evidence of a ref's bad call.
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoIn what is considered a crazy plan to slow desertification, countries across Africa are planting a wall of Acacia trees.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe recent fast global decline of ocean health points to a level of marine die-off similar to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.
- posted by Cristen Conger at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoAlthough its new mega-structure is intended to use alternative energy and revitalize green spaces, Apple might have bitten off more than it can chew.
- posted by derekshowerman atContaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 day agoby Duane Craig Lake Tahoe erosion due to human development? It is a telling and sometimes sad fact that no matter where we humans go we wreak havoc with the environment. Most of the time it isn’t intenti...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: The Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant surrounded by Missouri River floodwaters, 14 June 2011. The direction of river flow is indicated by the arrow. japanquakereport.com] By Jeff Donn, Associated...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoFrom South Lebanon via Queens with Hate… When Hanan met Peter: " Brigitte Gabriel Hanan Qahwaji, better known as Brigitte Gabriel in the Islamophobesphere has been exposed yet again. We wrote about Brigi...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoDog Sentenced to Death by Stoning: " A Jerusalem rabbinical court sentenced a wandering dog to death. I didn’t know incarnation was a part of Jewish belief? Imagine if Muslims had done this? (Hat tip: Jack...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoLulzSec teams up with Anonymous: "Anonymous is more hard-line, taking a stand on the WikiLeaks issue earlier this year by attacking payment companies that blocked donations to Bradley Manning, the accused do...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoGa. immigration law heads to court: "Supporters and critics of Georgia's controversial new immigration law will square off in federal court Monday. "
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Share of U.S. Income, 1917-2008. Growing share of income for the rich: Inequality in the U.S. has has grown steadily since the 1970s, following a flat period after World War II. In 2008, the weal...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day ago19-year-old arrested in Sony hack: "A teenager has been arrested near London in connection with the hacking of Sony, London's Metropolitan Police said Tuesday. "
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Damaged Administration Office Building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 29 March 2011. TEPCO] By Takao Yamada, Expert Senior Writer, Mainichi Japan 20 June 2011 […] One figure who...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoFadi Quran: Netanyahu’s lie to Congress exposed by June 5 protests: "When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to a joint session of Congress last month, he proclaimed proudly that “only a democr...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoElectronic Intifada on the US Boat to Gaza: "I have a detailed look at the US Boat to Gaza’s efforts to break the Israeli naval blockade later this month as part of the biggest planned flotilla to Gaza yet. ...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoUN report debunks Israel’s Naksa propaganda: "Immediately after the Israeli military reportedly killed dozens of unarmed demonstrators in the occupied-Golan Heights on June 15, Israel’s propaganda machine we...
- posted by DB at Biased BBC - 1 day agoTime for a new one. Take aim... Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by DB at Biased BBC - 1 day agoFrom the Telegraph: "BBC apology over suggestion that Norris McWhirter was a fascist" "David Baddiel and Alan Davies discussion about Norris McWhirter on Radio Five Live was in breach of the BBC's editoria...
- posted by DB at Biased BBC - 1 day agoNot sure if this was mentioned in the comments, but ex-Panorama journalist Tom Mangold unloaded on his former employer in Sunday's Independent: Primark's objections were investigated by the BBC's internal ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoMichael Mann and 5 other, less infamous would-be "scientists" have just published a paper about the hockey stick "scientific" method applied to the sea level: Climate related sea-level variations over the...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoI was especially glad I've been taking my Rhodiola Force 300, which purports to help you feel more energetic and improve your mood, mental alertness, memory and physical endurance but was recommended to m...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoThe best way to think about the Liberal leadership race is like those velodrome cycling races you see at the Olympics. The gun sounds and two cyclists crawl around the track, quietly jockeying for positi...
- posted by *C* at The Web (Untangled) - 1 day agoBy Paul Craig Roberts While we were not watching, conspiracy theory has undergone Orwellian redefinition. A “conspiracy theory” no longer means an event explained by a conspiracy. Instead, it now means a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA 19-year-old suspected of being a mastermind behind notorious international computer hacking group LulzSec has been arrested in Essex, after a joint operation by the FBI and Scotland Yard. It comes just...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoA rare genetic mutation causes mammals -- and now fish -- to develop muscles that are twice the normal size.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHackers have brought down the website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, which targets organised crime in Britain and overseas. Lulz Security, a loosely-aligned hacker group, has claimed responsibility...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA nuclear reactor in southeastern South Korea went offline on Tuesday because of a glitch in the power transmission line, a state-run nuclear power company said. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co (KHNP) said...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Christchurch, New Zealand at a depth of 10.3 km (6.4 miles), the quake hit at 10:34:22 UTC Tuesday 21st June 2011. The epicenter was 7 km (4 miles) From Christchurch, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 16 km (9.9 miles), the quake hit at 08:49:40 UTC Tuesday 21st June 2011. The epicenter was 113 km (70 miles) From Mito, H...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoA RussAir Tu-134 aircraft burst into flames on making an apparent emergency landing in northern Russia.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoQantas airlines has cancelled all flights in and out of Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra as ash from a Chilean volcano once again moves into Australian airspace. The cloud, created by the eruption of the P...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA number of people have been injured after rioters attacked homes in east Belfast overnight. Police say more than 100 Protestant teenagers and men threw rocks, bottles and bricks at Catholic properties i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA passenger jet crashed in heavy fog and burst into flames late Monday on a highway in northwestern Russia, just short of a runway whose fog lights had failed, killing 44 people, officials said. Eight peo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA new earthquake-producing fault has been discovered in California - to the surprise of scientists who thought they had found all of the state’s seismic danger spots. The Polaris line, at only 22 miles lo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials in northern Utah say they've confirmed five measles cases in Cache County. The Bear River Heath Department confirmed its first case in early June in a child believed...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA fire has broken out at the Ina oil refinery in Sisak early this morning (Mon), daily 24 Sata writes. Twenty-metre high flames created thick clouds of smoke that spread throughout the neighbouring area. ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHundreds of firefighters continue to battle a wildfire on Monday in Central California that has burned nearly eight square miles of grassland. The fire started at the McDonald-Anticline Oil Field in Kern ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAs Britain prepares itself for a massive solar flare that could knock out the national grid within the next two years, a breakthrough by scientists may at least minimise any damage caused. A team at Georg...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA Japanese supercomputer has snatched the title of the world's fastest machine, ending China's brief reign at the top after six months. The K supercomputer, built by the Fujitsu Company, is as fast as one ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA nuclear plant was inches away from being engulfed by the bloated Missouri River after several levees in the area failed to hold back its surging waters, raising fears it could become America's Fukushima....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHacker groups believed to be behind a breach of the systems of Sony and CIA have vowed to unite against world governments. LulzSec enlisted the help of the group known as Anonymous in their cybercampaign ...
- World's oceans in 'shocking' state say scientists as they warn of marine extinction - 20th June 2011posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe world's oceans are facing an extinction crisis as the result of a range of human impacts from over-fishing to climate change, scientists warned today. A preliminary report from an international panel ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Gulf of Mexico’s hypoxic zone is predicted to be the largest ever recorded due to extreme flooding of the Mississippi River this spring, according to an annual forecast by a team of NOAA-supported scie...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA record-setting dead zone is predicted to occur in the Gulf of Mexico and expected to kill bottom-dwelling fish and other marine life over a significant portion of the seafloor this summer following the r...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA mother who shocked America by drowning her five children in the bathtub may be freed by the end of the year, according to her lawyer. Andrea Yates systematically murdered her children, aged between six m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSuspects could be identified within minutes of committing a crime thanks to new technology developed by forensics experts. The portable, high-speed equipment uses specially developed rapid profiling techn...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOne in five men accused of grooming underage girls for sex is Asian, according to a damning report. It found that many more British children 'than thought' are falling into the clutches of sexual predator...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDavid Cameron will today ditch plans to halve jail terms for offenders... after complaining his Lib Dem Coalition partners are stopping him being as tough as he wants to be. The Premier will humiliate Dep...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThis was the heartbreaking moment when a 12-year-old boy confronted the terrible loss of his little brother in a hit-and-run tragedy. As police stepped up their hunt for the driver who killed six-year-old ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (BenefitScroungingScum) at Broken of Britain - 1 day ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck Santa Cruz Islands at a depth of 13.5 km (8.4 miles), the quake hit at 02:04:15 UTC Tuesday 21st June 2011. The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) SSW of Lata, Santa Cruz I...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago*Bouazizi, whose story turns out to be fake.* The 'Syrian Gay Girl blogger' turned out to be an American fake. (Syrian Gay Girl Blog Revealed As Fake Had News Agencies Fooled) On 17 June 2011 the BBC repo...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 1 day agoPhoto courtesy: Dano via TreeHugger I'm sure your gag reflexes are in full effect right now and they should be. This is a weird one. A Japanese researcher has come up with an artificial meat that's made f...
- posted by Papani at DeadBanksterSociety - 1 day ago
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 2 days ago*"I don't know, this game passed me by somewhere."* *-- the retiring grizzled veteran Stuffy, to Biff Burns* Last night we began a weeklong march through the second act of the Original Broadway Cast recor...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoMax Melitzer, who pushed his possessions around Salt Lake City in a shopping trolley, has been left a "significant" amount of money by his brother, who died of cancer, said the detective, David Lundberg. ...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 2 days agoJust how bad does frack sand mining suck and blow? You aren't going to believe your eyes. It's the motherlode of fracking impacts. Read about it here: Frack sand mining doesn't just suck, it blows
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoTreasury ministers have admitted that the Government is drawing up contingency plans for a Greek bankruptcy after being warned by a former foreign secretary that the euro “cannot last”. Jack Straw, the f...
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